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XIX век

Notes on nineteenth-century Russian poetry and prose.

  • By Erik McDonald
  • Based in United States of America
  • Roughly three posts per month
  • First post on

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Jan 2023 4
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Mar 2023 3
Apr 2023 2
May 2023 1
Jun 2023 2
Jul 2023 2
Aug 2023 16
Sep 2023 4
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Dec 2023 0
Jan 2024 1
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Mar 2024 1
Apr 2024 0
May 2024 2
Jun 2024 5
Jul 2024 1

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Most recent posts

Overheard at “the lake where Karamzin drowned poor Liza”
In a letter of August 3rd, 1799, A. F. Merzliakov wrote to Andrei Turgenev that he had been to “the lake where Karamzin drowned poor Liza” and overheard two men—a literate worker [masterovoi] previously employed …
On , by Erik McDonald, 1,023 words
How Borisov-Musatov died
A quick follow-up to the recent post about Viktor Borisov-Musatov (1870–1905). In a comment that was caught by an overzealous spam filter, jkdenne suggested some excellent resources on Borisov-Musatov and related topics: A 2023 lecture …
On , by Erik McDonald, 476 words
Words new to me: плевел
The word plevel can be a specific plant from the Eastern Hemisphere, lolium or ryegrass, but in literature you’re more likely to see the plural plevely as a New Testament allusion. It’s not the chaff …
On , by Erik McDonald, 752 words